September 2010

voted heaviest mist ever, 1 out of 1 riders agree.  the weather’s been really interesting, to say the least.  at night, the fog rolls in, but it stays humid.  a thick mist forms and just makes the roads wet enough to be sketchy.  and the mist stays until the afternoon sun burns it off.  this morning it was particularly thick and warm (haha!).  I was soaked through all my clothes by time I got to the top of 4 corners, but because of the humidity, my temperature was stable.  it was actually comfortable enough to ride through.  I just did 1 loop though, I couldn’t bear to have wet feet any longer.  and the descents were sketch-mcgee.  it might as well have been raining out, the mist was so thick.

for the most part, there was no one out.  actually, I take that back.  I got stuck behind this group of 10 riders that were riding 2 and 3 across the entire width of the bike path on the bridge as I was heading out to marin.  luckily, it wasn’t the entire span of the bridge, just from the second pillar to the parking lot.  but really though?  creeping at 10mph across the bridge was just mind-blowing.  they were barely pedaling.  but after that point, the roads were empty.  I think cyclists were heading out later because of the wet roads.  or maybe they were sleeping in, oblivious of the road conditions.

here, have some cliche red balloons coming over a small, grassy hill in crissy fields.  the clouds only look scary.  they’re really not.